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Song

Melancólico

Music by Julián Plaza. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1961–1963.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1961

  1. Aníbal Troilo19611963

Versions of Melancólico recorded 1961–1963

Melancólico is a tango.

Melancólico was composed by Julian Plaza.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

35 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Julián Plaza
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1961 to 1963.
1960
Recordings of Melancólico by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, with 100% of the 35 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  2. Color TangoNot in our catalogue1996
  3. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogue
  4. Trío YumbaNot in our catalogue
  5. Orquesta del Tango de Buenos AiresNot in our catalogue
  6. QuartangoNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Melancólico

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Aníbal Troilo

MelancólicoAníbal Troilotango
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 36 Performances

Facundo de la Cruz & Noelia Hurtado & Octavio Fernández & Corina HerreraWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2012Viva La Pepa · 2022 · 3:37

Danced to it

Music from 1961–1963 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2013: 2, 2017: 4, 2021: 1, 2022: 4, 2024: 5, 2025: 6, 2026: 3

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sDamian Rosenthal & Vanessa Fatauros2013
  2. The 2020sFacundo de la Cruz & Noelia Hurtado & Octavio Fernández & Corina HerreraViva La Pepa · 2022

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Damian Rosenthal and Vanessa Fatauros

    2013 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1MelancólicoAníbal Troilo, 1963
    2. 2Silueta porteñaJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
    3. 3Sosiego en la nocheAníbal Troilo, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Hoi Shan Leung and Orlando Reyes

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Milonga queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    2. 2De floreoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 2003
    3. 3MelancólicoAníbal Troilo, 1963
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

every sentence cites a published fact

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/3143

tango.info · T0370362892

MusicBrainz · d6fb08a5-deda-4559-94a9-3703eb5f5053source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Julian Plaza

Listen

  1. MelancólicoAníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  2. MelancólicoAníbal Troilotango

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